Billie Eilish and her brother FINNEAS won the Oscar for Best Original Song at Sunday’s Academy Awards. “No Time to Die,” from the James Bond film of the same name, had already brought the duo a Grammy and a Golden Globe.
“Oh my God! Oh my Gosh. This is so unbelievable!” Billie laughed.
After thanking everyone they worked with on the song, FINNEAS said thank you to “our parents, who have always been our biggest inspirations and our heroes.” He added, “We love you as parents and we love you as real people too!”
Questlove became overwhelmed with emotion as he accepted the 2022 Oscar for Best Documentary during the 94th Academy Award ceremony held Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
While accepting the award for his Summer of Soul documentary based on the 1969 Harlem Cultural Film Festival, he said, “It’s not lost on me that the festival should have been something that my beautiful mother, my dad, should have taken me to when I was five years old,” before getting choked up and adding, “This is such a stunning moment for me right now. This is not about me. This is about marginalized people in Harlem that needed to heal from pain.”
“Just know in 2022, this is not just a 1969 story about marginalized people in Harlem,” he starts before admittedly getting overwhelmed.
Pulling himself together he continued, “I’ll thank everyone proper when I get off stage… I’m so happy right now, I could cry. Thank you.”
The first live performance of Encanto‘s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” was “Savage” — thanks to an appearance by none other than Megan Thee Stallion.
The performance was introduced by Encanto star John Leguizamo, who complained that he wasn’t invited to perform even though, as he correctly pointed out, “I AM Bruno, what’s up with that?”
After the Encanto cast members started the number, delivering the first verse, Megan appeared in a knockout gold number, rapping a verse about the song — declaring it the new “Let It Go” — as well as the Oscars, the guests in the audience and the evening’s three female hosts.
The song continued with guest performers Becky G and Luis Fonsi, who delivered a new verse with Oscar-specific lyrics, with Fonsi singing, “Shout out to Lin-Manuel!” That’s Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the song.
Parents everywhere who have had quite enough of the original version of “Bruno” are probably crossing their fingers that this new version gets released ASAP.
On Sunday’s Academy Awards, Latin superstar Sebastián Yatra performed the nominated song from the animated film Encanto, “Dos Oruguitas,” or “Two Little Caterpillars.”
As he sang on a stage decorated like the lush Colombian setting of Encanto, Yatra wore a suit embroidered with butterflies, which of course, is what happens to caterpillars. The song, like all the tunes from Encanto, was penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Directly after the performance, Encanto was announced as the winner for Best Animated Feature Film.
If “Dos Oruguitas” wins the Oscar for Best Original Song, Miranda will be an EGOT, having won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
Ariana DeBose won the 2022 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress during the 94th Academy Awards ceremony held Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
This is the first Oscar for DeBose, who won for her role as Anita in West Side Story.
DeBose kept her acceptance speech short and sweet, declaring that the film’s director Steven Spielberg is “stuck with [her] now,” and giving a shout out to Rita Moreno, the actress who won an Oscar for the same role 60 years prior.
She closed out her speech with an inspirational message to the queer community.
“Lastly, imagine this little girl in the back seat of a white Ford Focus. Look into her eyes, you see a queer, an openly queer woman of color, an Afro-Latina who found her strength in life through art and that’s what I believe we’re here to celebrate,” she proclaimed.
“So to anybody who has ever questioned your identity, ever, ever, ever, or you find yourself living in the gray spaces, I promise you this. There is indeed a place for us. Thank you to the Academy and thank you all,” DeBose concluded.
Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall kicked off the Academy Awards with a bang on Sunday night by joking that the Oscars decided to hire three women to helm the night “because it’s cheaper than hiring one man.”
The jokes continued rolling with the cameras panning to J.K. Simmons as the three joked how COVID-19 has aged Timothée Chalamet. Hall quickly interjected she’d “still smash” the 67-year-old actor. The trio also teased Samuel L. Jackson for not being a seasoned actor, telling him his resume is missing a rom-com and musical.
When discussing the infamous snubs of the night, Sykes praised Lady Gaga and Jared Leto‘s work in “House of Random Accents” — a reference to critics taking issue with the varying accents used in House of Gucci.
Another snub, which the hosts agreed “Black Twitter’s gonna love,” was Space Jam 2 — saying they should have earned a nod for special effects “for the hair line they gave LeBron James.”
Other jokes targeted Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, with the ladies repeatedly shouting the word. They also cracked that the Golden Globes would be included in the “in memoriam” tribute this year.
The ladies finished by introducing themselves, but when it came to Hall, she quipped, “And I’m still single.”
Beyoncé had the honor of opening the 94th Academy Awards Sunday night by performing her nominated song from King Richard, “Be Alive,” co-written by her and Dixson.
Introduced by Venus and Serena Williams, whose father inspired the film King Richard, Beyoncé performed from the Williams sisters’ childhood tennis court in Compton — which Beyoncé acknowledged by putting in a “California Love”-inspired chant of “the city of Compton” in the intro of the song.
Beyoncé, wearing a tennis ball-yellow/green gown, gloves and matching jewels, with one bare leg decorated with a jeweled garter, sang while surrounded by dozens of dancers and musicians, all dressed in similar monochrome looks.
The musicians played matching tennis ball-colored violins and pianos, and the entire court was painted to match as well. The intricately choreographed performance was photographed from above and every angle.
If “Be Alive” wins the Best Original Song Oscar, Queen Bey and Dixson will each get a trophy.
ABC’s hit reality show franchise The Bachelor got its start on this night in 2002, and in that time we’ve seen a lot of drama, hundreds of roses, gallons of Chardonnay quaffed, and, well, not many happily ever afters.
In fact, after 26 seasons, only season 17 couple Sean and Catherine, who tied the knot in 2013, remain married to this day. Both Arie and Becca from season 22, and Peter and Hannah from season 24, broke up after just one day.
As Entertainment Weekly points out, the first season on re-watch appears quite different from how it does today, and not only because the Rose Ceremony was called Invitation Night, and the Bachelor Mansion was a different location known as “The Villa.”
In the years since a dude named Alex Michael turned to reality TV to find his soulmate, the show has become a collection of beloved — or groan-inducing, depending on your point of view — tropes, like the oft-uttered phrase “my person,” “for the right reasons,” and the dreaded, “can I steal him for a second?”
Arguably, the casting has upped the ante, too. Truth told, Alex was a pretty average-looking guy, but today’s hopefuls are nearly always lantern-jawed superhunks — so much the better for those outdoor shower scenes to which viewers have become accustomed. Likewise, those lucky ladies vying for the Bachelor’s attention — regardless of their actual careers — wouldn’t look out of place in a modeling photo shoot.
As for the show’s purported goal, helping its Bachelor find love, the results aren’t nearly as sparkling as a Neil Lane diamond. For the record, even Alex didn’t find his soulmate on the show. He dated his final choice, Amanda, for about a year after the finale, and then they broke up.
Before the most recent season launched, Express VPN crunched the numbers when it comes to final rose-getters and their would-be “persons,” and it’s not particularly encouraging, demonstrating the average lifespan of a Bachelor relationship over the years at only three months and 16 days. Here are some of the short-termed “soulmates”:
Season 14 — Jake & Vienna — Broken up after 3 months, 21 days
Season 15 — Brad & Emily — Broken up after 3 months, 15 days
Season 16 — Ben & Courtney — Broken up after 6 months 23 days
Season 18 — Juan & Nikki — Broken up after 7 months 18 days
Season 19 — Chris & Whitney — Broken up after 2 months, 19 days
Season 20 — Ben & Lauren — Broken up after 2 months, 1 day
Season 21 — Nick & Vanessa — Broken up after 5 months, 12 days
Season 22 — Arie & Becca — Broken up after 1 day
Season 23 — Colton & Cassie — Broken up after 2 months, 17 days
Season 24 — Peter & Hannah — Broken up after 1 day
Season 25 — Matt & Rachael — Dating since March 15, 2021
After a tumultuous season 26, Clayton & Susie are still dating.
The British Academy of Film and TV Awards (BAFTAs) often foretell of what’s to come on Oscar night, but producers are hoping that’s not the case this year — at least when it comes to COVID-19.
Several BAFTA winners walked away from that recent ceremony across the pond with more than a trophy: Belfast director Kenneth Branagh was among a group of attendees who tested positive for COVID following the event, as did his fellow Oscar nominee Ciaran Hinds, and Into the Spider-Verse Oscar winners Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, among others.
Presumably hoping to nip a possible #OscarsSoSick hashtag in the bud, the producers of this year’s telecast have updated their COVID protocols, which were sent to attendees via email Friday.
“Those who tested positive for COVID-19 and are within a zero to five-day window from the date of their first positive test are not permitted to attend under any circumstances,” the update reads in part.
As for those who test positive within a six to 10-day window from the date of their first positive test, they must provide “a negative PCR, Lucira or Cue Health test,” which “must be administered by a medically trained professional.”
The guidance also says, “If you are outside the ten-day window (you tested positive before March 17, 2022 at 1pm PT) and have tested positive on your PCR test taken on March 24, you must provide proof of negative results from a medically supervised antigen test taken on March 26 or March 27.”
Press covering the event must also follow all vaccine and testing protocols, and although masking is “recommended” for all attendees, it’s mandated for those working behind the scenes.
This coming Wednesday, Marvel Studios’ latest small-screen project, Moon Knight, debuts on Disney+.
The origin story of the Marvel Comics hero of the same name, the show stars Oscar Isaac as Steven Grant, a meek museum gift shop worker plagued by blackouts and haunting visions of another life. However, his dissociative identity disorder has a very real cause — he shares his body with Marc Spector, an American Marine turned mercenar, who was gifted the power of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu.
On the other side of the coin is Ethan Hawke‘s cult leader Arthur Harrow, who is obsessed with leveling life-or-death judgement on humanity through the power of the Egyptian goddess Amit.
Hawke tells Collider he’s a lifelong comic book fan, and “there had been a few dances in the past” with Marvel Studios for other roles but for various reasons, those didn’t work out.
“[T]his one just felt right,” he explained.
Hawke expressed, “I knew Oscar was biting off so much, it was a huge opportunity-slash-challenge for [him], and he really wanted me involved in it, and I felt like that boded well for us to have a good experience, because I really like his work.”
The Oscar nominated actor also said, “…I love all kinds of genre movies, and the more you study them…the villain makes the hero, in a way.” And that informed Hawke’s portrayal, which is at times seemingly sane compared to Isaac’s character.
“How do you present someone who is completely sane, but is malevolent?” Hawke asks.
He adds, “When you take someone who believes he’s spiritually enlightened…but [who] have a…sinister undercurrent, I find those characters creepy! Like Nurse Ratched in Cookoo’s Nest.”
